LONDON — Bridge of Spies and Carol led the nominations for the 2016 British Academy Film Awards, with nine each, as the international film awards season gets under way.

The nominations for the awards, known as the Baftas, were announced Friday morning by Stephen Fry and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The ceremony will take place Feb. 14, and before that on the international circuit there are Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony and next Thursday's Oscar nominations announcement.

American films dominated the Best Film category, with The Revenant, The Big Short and Spotlight, but the Outstanding British Film category has some strong contenders with Brooklyn, The Lobster and Ex Machina.

The Danish Girl also did well in the nominations, with five, including a Leading Actor nod for Eddie Redmayne and Leading Actress for Alicia Vikander. Vikander was also nominated for Supporting Actress for her role as an android in the thriller Ex Machina.

Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne at the premiere of "The Danish Girl" on Dec. 8, 2015, in London.

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Other Leading Actress nominees include Maggie Smith for The Lady in the Van and Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens picked up four nominations in the technical categories of Production Design, Sound, Original Music and Special Visual Effects. One of its stars, John Boyega, has been nominated for a Rising Star Award, the only award to be voted for by the public.

Notable omissions include Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years — the devastating marital drama is only up for one award, Outstanding British Film. Jennifer Lawrence's latest film Joy didn't receive any nominations.

Leonardo DiCaprio earned a nod for Leading Actor for wilderness drama The Revenant but he has stiff competition from Redmayne and Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs and Bryan Cranston for the ode to a Hollywood screenwriter, Trumbo.

DiCaprio's The Revenant also did well in other categories, including a nod for its director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, whose quirky Birdman won the Best Film Oscar last year.

The awards ceremony will take place on Feb. 14 at the Royal Opera House in London. The awards are voted for by some 6,000 Bafta members.

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